The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-15 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. 11 INDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen, accompanied by Ba -oness Lehzen, the Hon Miss Murray, Miss Quentin, Lords Melbourne and Torring,rton, Major Keppel, Colonel 131ic kl°Y, the Hon Mr. Byng, Mr. P. Thomson, Mr. brand, and Mr. Greville, rode out on horseback to see the taZ turned out near to Salt Hill. 2 The Ame r i can Mi n i ster and M rs. S tevenson too k t h e i r geriarture this morn i ng, as did also th , _ Hon. Mr. Murray. utr • P. Thomson and Mr. Greville left after the ride out "kis morning. Lord Glenelg also left. Lady C. Buckley arrived this afternoon on a visit. The Duke of Kambridge left his residence at Kew on Thursday, on a visit to the Right Hon. Sir Gore Ouseley, At his seat, Hall Barne Park, Buelcs. , Lord Gl enelg returned to town yesterday from a v i s i t to er Majesty at Windsor Castle. His Lordship received a ` d eputatio n f rom the Australian Agr i cu l tura l C ompany i n the afternoon at the Colonial Office. The deputation in uded j. S. Brownrigg, Esq., M. P. ; William Brown, S ; Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. ; T. Tooke, Esq. ; W. ?. Davidson Esq. ; R. Hart DaNis, Esq. ; the Hon J. T. Mel v ill e, J ohn Loch, Esq.; Henry P orc h er, E sq . ; an d 431 r. H. J. Ebsworth, Secretary. 1 ,,,T 1 10 Fre nc h A m b assa d or, an d t h e B e l g i an an d G rec i an Oalitincie.sters transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Mr. P. Thom son re t urne d t o t own y es terday from a visit t 0 the Queen at Windsor Castle. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from Downing street for Lord Melbourne at Windsor. Lord Glenelg transacted business yesterday at-the Chan ce/tor of the Exchequer's Office in Downing-street. The Bishop of Barbadoes transacted business yesterday In Downing -street. The American, Turkish, Russia% and Austrian Ambas sadors transacted business yesterday at the Foreign De partment. Despatches were forward,ed yesterday from the Foreign Department for the BritiF2 i; Ministers at Naples and Bavaria. DDespatches were forwarded yesterday- from the Foreign epartment for L- j rd Howard de Walden, the British Mi nister at Lisbor..„ Despatch es were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign '' e Partir ent for Lord Ponsonby, the British Ambassador at ; and for the British Charges d'Affaires, re sident at the Courts of Persia and St. Petersburgh. Lord Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bosan quet, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, and the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, sat yesterday in the Council Chamber. Mr. Sergeant Spankie was heard fer the appel lant in " Powell v. Washburn," from Upper Canada. Lord Brougham, on the part of their Lordships, affirmed the decree of the Court below, and dismissed the appeal with osts. The Solicitor-General opened an appeal from the Court of Judgment and Records of the Council of the Island f Guernsey, " John Carey, Esq., her Majesty's Receiver- Gener a ), v. Charles de Jersey, Esq., her Majesty's Procu "ur ; and John Thomas de Saumarez, Esq., her Majesty's `Controle." Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, was heard on the other side, and the case was dismissed. F ASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke of Richmond, in Portland-place, from his seat, .cGoodwood Park, Sussex ; 'the Earl and Countess of Claren ae, in North A u dl ey - street , f rom G rove Park, their seat, a r Watford, Herts the Earl of Surrey, in Hyde-park i ace, fro m hi s seat, Li tt l ehampton, S ussex; Lord Wester n , 2, So uth -street, from Felix Hall, Kelvedon, Essex; the Earl .`" Sc arborough, in South-street, from his seat, Sandbeck Park, I DoLcaste r ; Ed war d A ys hf or d Sandford, Esq., and fa 14111Y, at L ong ' s Hotel, Bond-street; G . S . H arcour t, E sq ., 1 ,..,7 1) -, at di tto ; B . D awson, E sq . , an d M rs . D a wson, from o pravick s hi re, at ditto; Hon. Capta i n W e ll es l ey , a t ditt o ; Ca ptain Carne g i e , at di tto , f rom Montrose; J. Anderson, Es from Sunderland. DEPARTURES. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. and Mrs. Bainbridge, from Long's Bond -st reet , f or Oxborough Hall, Norfolk ; Sir f 4l ,, en rY Bold Hoghton, Bart., and Henry Hoghton, Esq., urn ditto, for Bold, Lancashire ; Sir James and Lady Rey 411iFt, from ditto, for Richmond ; C. Fountain, Esq., from w l i t e t° , , for Newcastle ; J. Penrice, Esq., from ditto, for Nor a) n Captain Ponsonby Royal Fusiliers, from ditto, for lon Earl John Portal, Es ti., from ditto, for Freefolk, Hants; lo n f'arl and Countess of Somers and Lady Margaret Somers i s", e 'cs, from Berkeley-square, for Brighton ; the Hon. F. 44 ' , M.P., from St. James's-street, for Oakley Park, near Eye ' on a visit to Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., M. P. CHANGES. 4 , Sir Ralph Lopez, Bart., at his seat, Maristowe, Devon, 4r 0 ,, ~•,•4 a tour on tl'e Continett ; Sir Compton and Lady Dom .tll`l, for the South of Ireland, from Santry House; the Mar :nesa of Queensb err y an d L a d y G eorg i ana D oug l as, at t_arningt on S pa, from their seat, Kinmount, Dumfriesshire; '"(1 and Lady Francis Egerton, at their seat, Worsley Hall, ir a ncashir e , f rom a visit to the Earl of Harrowhy, at Sandon 4, 11 , Staffordshi re ; L or d an d L a d y C ourtenay , at C ast l e Do t'', nea r E xeter, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of rtes 'ue, to Powersham Castle, the seat of the Earl of Devon. t o RE DU KE OF WELLINGTON.—We are happy most that th e i n di s p os ition of the Gallant Duke is of the trivial nature, proceeding from a slight cold. His • ae ° is at Strathfieldsaye, and will shortly proceed on his insottin- tour, intending in the early part of the ensuing D ruh t o partake of the sp l en did h osp i ta li t i es o f th e D u k e ra it r ti znd, at Belvoir Castle. Numerous inquiries were T Yesterday at Apsley House. Do he Marquis of Queensberry, Lady Georgiana b o -4 " 148 , Lady Mary and Miss Fludyer, Lady Charlotte edas, Viscount Eastnor, Viscount Lifford, &c., are wo o , gst the last arrivals at Leamington Spa. ITii T he Earl of Munster, we understand, has deter iatned to continue many of the charities bestowed by the e Earl of Egremont. The late Earl, it is ascertained, 2P A I PanY years p r e v i ous ly t o his decease, expended annually °CI /. in public and private charity. i„, Countess of Harewood has, according to her ariabl e pract i ce at t hi s season o f t h e y ea r, caused to be It u n i !ributed bl an k e t s an d coa l s t o th e poor of twelve towns ~:00 villages in the vicinity of Harewood Hall. The man- Win be full of company at Christmas. cott enionel W yn dh am , o f P etwort h H o use, has re ofrn ended his tenants, as farming stock is now insured free r ion , i tY, to ava il t h emse l ves o f t hi s pro t ec ti o n, and if they ect to do so, not to look to him for assistance in the cot of loss.—Brighton Gazette. The Empress o f R uss i a h as re cently forwarded to c ost e oti and a large order f or t ar t an plaid. The Highland urne continues in great vogue on the Continent. as s is Grace the Duke of Rutland's party begin to N ob l i ° l e at Bel vo i r C as tl e t h e d a y b e fore Christmas. The month Duke's birthday will be kept on the 4th of next i°gWith the usual munificent festivities. he Duke and Duchess of Somerset are entertain -Jowager Lady Shaw Stuart, and a select party of re `.s and friends, at Wimbleton Park. Iseeing he Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter intend company at Burleigh, at Christmas. 14 . 1 The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby and ~,e ar e expecte d at t h e Cl aren d on H o tel on the 19th. -1 : 11 e Marquis of Bristol is among the few nobility iii town. His Lordship is expected to join the Mar °ness and family in the ensuing week at Ickworth Park, Ileac Bu ry St. Ed mun d' s . g t Earl and Countess of Sandwich have arrived dl'he His Lordship is in a very delicate state o f health. 'lle Earl and Countess of Morley arc entertaining .tinguished party at their seat, SAltram, Devon. t ort . ",h o Earl and Countess of Fortescue have been en .Cf4;ning distinguished party at Castle Hill, near Exeter. y oor e 7 days since the amiable Countess completed her 78th Sackville Lane Fox and family arrived on S t. u , r sday last at the mansion of the late Duke of Leeds, in ~ . .James's-square. te Lord an d L a d y C at h er i ne Jermyn and family have t u ,_ e n Some ti me so j ourn i ng a t P a u, and are expected to re %lto tow n i n th e ensuing, month. t o h e Hon. Captain and Mrs. Spencer arc on a visit m Poyntz, at Cowdray Park, in Sussex ; thence they tt - nu to proceed on a visit to the Marquis of Exeter, at TI: t ook e funeral of the Dowager Countess de Bourmont w as Place the day before yesterday, when a solemn service stt Performed at the Roman Catholic Chapel in King- W e h e t • , The maiden name of this lady was de Coutances. t onie n: in 1830, the Marshal de Bourmount, her son, re cto, from his expedition to Algiers, and was, in conse ttodnete of the revolution, compelled to seek a refuge in this pl es his aged mother, impelled by the same political princi ml ,as tell as by her maternal feelings, joined him in London, r rh !re her years and infirmities have since detained her. v otl " it r eloains of th e n o ble lady have been deposited in the s of St. P ancras Church. Cin a ti .. LTENHA AI, DEC. 12.—This town , consider oomthe advanced period of the season , is crowded with z •P a n Y--the b a ll on Monday equalling those in the eolth th e 4 Oribn, of our gaieties. We regret to hear of the death to! at t Edi urAgt.s? Her r ies, which took place on Friday last, i‘ of typhus fever. The intelligence leached S ou nt Pelier Lodge, the residence of Lord and Lady (lc of L n ' a r i ez, on M on d a y. The deceased Lady was a sister am °l ll de Sautnarez, and was in her 39th year. The Earl 1 , 4 ,_ Counte ss S omers an d L a d y M arga ret Somers Cocks, 8 11 p arrived here a few days since, have left for town, from Th e nce t hey proceed to Brighton for the winter months. Orph -en nli full-dress ball in aid of the funds of the Female A, J o an Asylum i s announce d f or t h e 10th of next month. As sembly e evocation is announced for Monday week at the . TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COAT MITTEE OF THE CHURCH-RATE ABOLITION SOCIETY. DEAR SlR,—Will you be pleased to communicate to the Committee this evening my resolution no longer to be considered one of its members. I will briefly state my reasons for this determination. 1. Since the resuscitation of the Committee I have found my opinions as to the course the Committee ought to pursue generally so much at variance with the majority of its members as to be personally unpleasant. Our dif ferences were radical ; I felt strongly the necessity of our assuming a different tone from that latterly assumed by the Co:nrnittee. I was impressed with the fact, that we bed lost our influence—that the temporising policy we had pursued had injured the. cause, and that the time was come for more energetic measures. In this view I stood alone. The Committee decided upon publishing a string of resolu tions, a mere echo of former resolutions (and to my mind not at ail adapted to the present state of the Church-rate question). I felt that to have to object to every thing was a false position, and that my presence must retard, rather than facilitate the business of the Committee. 2. On the last occasion of my meeting the Committee I was in the same position ; I felt bound most pertina ciously to object to the unmeaning compliments of the resolutions then agreed to, and I think I have since been justified in that objection, by seeing that many of our best friends construed these compliments into an avowal that the Committee meant to persevere in the do-nothing policy of the last two years. _ _ 3. I am anxious to cease to be a member of your Corn mittce before the . " Plain Instructions" are published. I cannot, as a Chriitian man, con!:ent to advise my fellow men deliberately to go to a poll against a Church-rate, and if they are beaten at the poll to avail themselves of any legal technicalities to quash the rate. If Dissenters, in the exercise of their common rights, go to a vestry, and demand to have the question of Rate or no Rate decided by a poll of the whole parish, and the parish decide against them, they cannot, according to my notions of right, avail themselves of either of the tour objections stated at the .top of page 7 of the Instructions—it is descending from that high ground which men advocating a great public question ought to take, and I will not be a party so to advise. I remain, dear Sir, With great personal respect to yourself as well as every other member of the Committee, Yours, sincerely and truly, ROBERT BESLEY. 15, Northampton-square, Nov. 23. RAMSGATE, TUESDAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ,SUN. Sir,—lt is with extreme reluctance that I bring myself before the public, but I feel constrained to notice a para graph which has been going the round of the newspapers relative to an assault committed on me by a Mr. Hawkins. That this person did assault me in the dark, is perfectly true ; and I rejoice that I had sufficient command of myself to hand him over to the police, instead of doing what for a moment I naturally felt disposed to do. I shall only further add, that as Mr. Hawkins will soon have an opportunity of giving, and hearing, his true history in a Court of law, it would not be becoming on my part to say more at present, than that ample justice will then be done to myself, to Mr. Hawkins, and to other parties who have taken part in the transaction. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, CHARLES SHAW. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)_ PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 14. —ln Harbour.—The Britannia, 120, flag ship ; Victory, 104, ordinary guard ship ; Excellent, gunnery ship; Royal George yacht; Messenger, steam tran port ; Rattlesnake, 28; and tenders Fanny and Emerald. In Dock.—Not anything in commissiou. In Basin.—The Ganges - , 84 ; Daphne, 18; Cambrian, 10. At Spithead.—The Grecian, 16. ARRIVALS, SAILINGS, &c., DURING THE WEEK. On Saturday, the Bth, the Gipsy tender returned to Sheer ness, and the Meteor steam-vessel sailed to the eastward. On Sunday, the 9th, the Racer, 16, sailed for the West Indies, with despatches and supernumeraries for Vice-Admi ral Paget. On Tuesday, the 11th, the Gossamer tender sailed for the eastward, with invalids on board. On Thursday the Grecian, 16, arrived from Plymouth, to be fitted with a shell room, prior to her sailing for the Medi terranean, and the Tweed, 20, was paid off into ordinary. To-day a Court-martial, assembled to try Mr. William Meldrum, gunner of the Rattlesnake, for a breach of the 2d Article of War, inasmuch as he had acted indecently towards three boys of that ship. The Court consisted of Rear-Ad miral Bouverie, president ; Captains Searle, of the Victory ; Reynolds, of the Ganges; Dalling, of the Daphne : Hast ings, of the Excellent ; and Trotter, of the Britannia—and, after having sat till four P. M. adjourned until to-morrow. On Tuesday last the following gentlemen passed their examination at the Royal Naval College, to serve as Lieute nants in her Majesty's Navy :—Messrs. Charles Hawkey, Edmund L. Strangways, and George F. Day. The Revenge will be undocked next week, and be imme diately commissioned. The Ganges will go out of basin in a day or two. The Royal Frederick will be launched about April next; great exertions are being used to get her ready. The dock-yard has not yet commenced the breaking up of the Prince George hulk, but she is in dock all ready. PRICE OF SUGAR. COMBINED EFFECTS OF BOUNTY AND OF MONOPOLY. Table showing the ex.duty price of West India Sugar in Mincing. lane, and comparing the same against foreign sugars : London, Dec. 14, 1838. The Gazette this day quotes the average price of British Per cwt. Plantation Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at 34s. Sid. M.iscovado Sugars raised by free labour in the Manilla have brought this week from 225. to 235. 6d. per cwt., being about Its. per cwt. less than the average - price of West India Sugar. The bounty on refined Sugar having been reduced to 355. Pd. per cwt., no sales for exportation have been effected this week in that article. This reduction still leaves a clear bounty—allowing Is.'per cwt. forthe duty on tho poisonous dirt contained in the Muscovado or moist Sugar—and which is extracted from it by the process of refining of British Treacle is worth Os. per cwt. in the foreign markets. The same has been sold this week at 30s. 6d. per cwt., being an excess of price paid by the British consumer of 21s. 6d. per cwt., in other words 21s. 6d. per cwt. on Treacle contributed by the poor man towards West India Bounty, and not, as it is erroneously supposed, towards revenue. . _ COFFEE.—The duty on West India Coffee, the price of it ranging from 965. to I 355. per cwt , is 565, per cwt., about 50 per cent. ad valorem. The duty on St. Domingo Coffee, the average price of it being 425. per cwt., is 140 s. per cwt., or about 300 per cent. ad valorem. The protec.. tive duty, therefore, on West India Coffee is equivalent to 250 per cent. It will be remarked that the price of British Plantation Sugars now exceeds that of Foreign by 12s. per cwt. This state of markets has been in part brought about by the reports circulated by the West Indians that the emancipated negroes will not work readily on the plantations; and in part by the speculation of persons who suppose that the Government will restrain the distillers from the use of Grain, and thereby compel them to use Sugar. The reported objection of the black to work, does not arise from a dislike on his part to labour, but from a disinclination on the part of the employer to requite hie labour with adequate wages. A few weeks must adjust this matter, because the planters will find it to be their interest to give the black a fair compensation for his labour rather than allow their grounds to go out of sultiva!ion. The second report takes its rise from a strong memorial from parties in Scotland, praying for a restraint on the use of grain in distilleries, and for the use of Sugar. We have no correct in formation ourselves on the subject, but the power of the Government so to interfere with trade, which is one consequence of Its own restiic tions, strikes us as very likely to be extremely injurious both to the dealers in Sugar and Corn. Comparative circulation of the London Evening Pacers as extracted from the official returns published by the Stamp Office for the six months from April 1 to Sep tember 30, 1838, inclusive : Total, Six Months. Daily Average. SUN ..... 750,000 Standard 523,000 ... 3,354 Globe ...... 450,000 Courier CHARLES DUKE DONNE, Registrar. Register of Warrants Office, Stamps, and Taxes, Oct, 9.0, 1838. TIIE NEWCASTLE MURDER.-The Coroner's in quest has been adjourned several times, and the leading facts connected with the perpetration of this horrid deed have been confirmed. There seems to be but one opinion as to the perpetrator. On Monday we shall no doubt be in possesssion of the verdict. CAUTION TO HOTEL KEEPERS.—Numerous de predations have recently been committed at several hotels at the West-end. Proprietors of those establishments should keep a vigilant look out ; there is a gang of decently dressed fellows living entirely by plundering those descrip tion of houses. On Friday evening they visited the Golden cross, and stole from thence two Russian leather dressing cases and a great coat, fortunately but of trifling value. We perceive by the Huc and Cry that the Proprietor, Mr. Edwards, has offered a large reward for their apprehension. BILL SWINDLING. —Yesterday concluded a series of examinations at the Mansion-house into the particulars of a case which has excited' no small degree of interest amongst those who are in the habit of negotiating bills, those who get bilis negotiated, and those who steal bills under pretence of getting them negotiated. The Lord Mayor remanded one fellow ; another he held to bail. Several persons have been robbed of their acceptances. [How any man can be foolish enough to part with a blank acceptance, or any acceptance at all, and to an advertising money lender, too, is truly astonishing.] On Tuesday evening, W. D. Gillon, Esq., the ex cellent Representative for the Falkirk District of Burghs, according to his usual custom, held a meeting with his con stituents at Hamilt on , t o ex pl a in his conduct during the last Session of Parliament. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1838. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY, Dxc. 14. United States to abandon their system of prohibitory duties, and adopt a system of moderate duties, having reference to finance only, and none to manufactures, provided we adopted a similar course with regard to corn. The proposition was refused ; we adhered to our restrictive policy with regard to American flour, and the Americans retained their high duties upon English manufactures. The Chairman then took an extended review of the principal objections urged, on the part of the agriculturists, against a repeal of the Corn-laws, and concluded by reading the petition which had been prepared by the Directors. Mr. S. F L ETCHER moved a resolution to the effect that a petition be presented to the House of Commons, praying for a repeal of the existing Corn-laws. He did not consider this question as at all bearing the aspect of p-a7ty, nor as de signed to place in invidious contrast the agricultural and trading interests for the purpose of advancing one at the expense of the other. Those interests were so closely identified that they must either fall or rise together, and, on this ground, he held it impolitic to legislate pirtialty fcr either. If protection were required, let it be well defined, simple, easily understood, and equal to commerce and agriculture. He questioned, however, if the interests of both and of the community would not be better advanced by leaving them to take care of themselves.—( Hear, hear.) So far as he had read and conversed upon this ques tion, he gathered that the principle of the present Corn-law was bad, that it had not afforded the farmer the protection sought for, whilst it had placed the importer of foreign corn in a position that exposed him to all the temptations and hazards of gambling speculations. But the supporters of the Corn-law shrunk from meeting the question on its merits, lest, in endeavouring to improve the principle they -hould lose it altogether. Now the idea of rendering a country independent of other countries was altogether erroneous—in fact, it was nothing less than a new edition of the old fable of the Belly and the Members There was no such thing as independence : neither nations nor indi viduals were independent ; it had pleas.ed God to make us all dependent upon each other. The dangers alleged to follow a repeal of the Corn-laws, he considered, had been much exag e:crated. If they were repealed it was said that rents must. be lower, the circulating medium reduced that Government An extensive calico printing establishment, in Manchester, has stopped payment for upwards of 90,0001. The assets arc understood to be considerable. ELECTION OF COIIIIION-COUNCILMEN FOR TIIE BOROUGH OF MANCHESTER. The election of forty-eight Councilmen for the borough o, Manchester took place this day, in the return of Reformers for every Ward. Indeed, there was only one Ward contested, viz.—the New Cross Ward, which returns six membei s. The Tories took no part in contesting this solitary Wbr 1 ; the honour of so doing was left to the Torch- light Radicals (with little exertion on behalf of the Liberals), who might thus have the comfort of knowing 11.% exact amount of their strength, and thus assist them in then• calculations on some other occa. sloe. The honours, whatever they may be, will be thus di. vided among the Council : viz., ten Churchmen, fourteen Unitarians, twelve Independents, two Scotch Dissenters, one Now Connexion and two Association Methodists, one Evan gelical and two old Quakers, one Baptist, and two doubtfuls. But of nearly f,',000 votes registered as municipal voters for the borough of Manchester, scarcely half the number recorded their votes; all of which, however, were for the Liberal can didates, except about 100, who voted for the Torch-light Radicals. There is some uncertainty as to who will be Aldermen ; but little, if any, as to who will be Mayor. Thomas Potter, Esq., the brother of the Member of Parliament for Wigan, whose time and purse have, for the last twenty-five years, been at the command of the Reformers of this district, will no doubt be our first Mayor. A short time since there were two pair of massive cast-iron gates made by Messrs. Dean and Co., iron -founders, Bolton, for the Grand Turk's Seraglio, and which many thousands went to see, which weigh nearly forty tons. They arc twenty eight feet in height, and cost 1,2701. When treble gilt, which they are intended to be, they will doubtless surpass in splendour anything in the world. The design is exquisite. OPERATION OF THE NEW MARRIAGE ACT IN MANCHESTER. -- Strange as it may seem, it is nevertheless fact, that on Sunday last, the 9th instant, there were announced at the Coll: giate Church, Manchester, no fewer than 219 couples, as candidates for hymeneal bliss, a greater number than were " asked at Church" during any part of the month immediately preceding the passing of the late Marriage Act. How is this, seeing that the Catholics arc estimated at full one-fourth of the popula tion, and who now invariably marry at their own chapels? MANCHESTER CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 13.—There was an excellent show of stock to-day, and, as has always been the case a week or two before Christmas, the buyers were nume rous. Nearly all cleared oft at the full rates of last week -1,470 beasts, 41d. to 6d. per lb. ; 4,760 sheep, 51d. to 7d. ; 36 calves, 6id. to each sinking offal. would not be able to pay its expanse?, and, in short, that the whole country would be paralyzed. Now he conceived that rents might be brought lower without the value of land being reduced. In this country the value of land was not measured by the amount of protection affirded by Corn-laws, but by the wealth of the inhabitants, an,d by the vastness of their com mercial operations. A wealthy country like this was able to command the destinies of the world, and, in it, the value of land could never be endangered, because the wealth obtained by commerce would always seek to be invested in land, a cir cumstance that would prevent land becoming lower. He thought then that the question of a repeal of the Corn-laws was one of national importance, and that it ought to be studied by all classes of the community. The discussion of this question had been so long deferred, under various pretences, till at last it seemed to have come upon us with the power of an armed man ; but he trusted that the Legislature would now decide it with a wise determination. REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS. MEETING OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF MANCHESTER. A special general meeting of the Members and Directors of the Chamber of Commerce was held on Thursday, in the rooms of the Institution, Town Hall Buildings, King-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning the Legislature for a repeal of the existing Corn laws. The meeting was convened by the President of the Chamber, upon a Requisition signed by the number of Mem bers required by the bye laws, and was most numerously at tended. G. W. Wood, Esq., M. P., the President, was called to the chair, upon the motion of Mr. R. Birley ; . se conded by Mr. Tootal. _ _ Mr. 11I.VicAa s econ d e d the motion, and it was unanimously carried. Mr. WILLIAM NIELD proposed the second resolution, " That the petition now read be adopted and signed by the Chairman on behalf of the Chamber." We bad been told that agricul ture and commerce were twin brothers. Now, without wishing to disturb the relationship, or to call it in question, he must say that, in his opinion, one brother had, in some instances, regarded himself rather too much as heir-at-law. And whether the agricultural interest had been subjected to that fair com petition to which the commercial interest had been, was matter for consideration. We, as commercial men, had been jostling first in the home market with ourselves, and next in the foreign market with our rivals, till we had spread the commerce of Great Britain to almost every island in the habitable globe; and in doing so, had we not increased the prosperity of both interests in a degree far beyond what either could have ac quired without the assistance of mercantile energies? The effects of competition en our own interests were various, and well known to every gentleman in the room ; and he might state his own case as an illustration. The special article with which Tne CHAIRMAN said he had called this special general meeting of the Members of the Chamber of, Commerce, in conformity with an unanimous wish of the Board of Directors. They had taken the important question of the Corn-laws into their consideration at two or three suc cessive meetings, and he was happy to say that they agreed in opinion that the subject was one on which it became the business of the Chamber at this time to express its opinion. The Directors had requested him to lay before the Chamber the form of a petition which they had unanimously adopted ; RS suitable to be sent to the House of Commons ; end they had also desired him to express the views which had actuated them in its preparation. And he should attempt to do this, though speaking from the Chair, where any partizanship would be exceedingly improper, but which might be allowable, and perhaps justifiable upon this occasion, since, amongst the Directors, no difference of opinion existed; and therefore he should have to state nothing but that in which all concurred. At the present moment the subject was especially interesting, because, after having enjoyed, for a series of years, moderate, and even low prices of corn, we were now, in consequence of one of those dispensations of Providence with which all countries were occasionally visited, suffering from the high prices of corn, arising from the comparative failure of the last harvest. If a change in the national yoliey, with regard to the corn trade, were to take place, at appeared to him that no time could be more propitious than the present, when the country had been enjoying low prices ; when the expectations and habits of the farmers were adapted to those low prices ; and when rents had also accammodated them selves to such a state of things. If they were to wait for a change till the country had become familiar with a high scale of prices, it was to be apprehended that any change then would be attended with greater injury to the farmers than would now take place—if any injury there would be—and if, in consequence of improving prices, rents should have arise., there would be more difficulty in persuading the landlords to acquiese, and more suffering to themselves in permitting it. Oe all these accounts, therefore, the present was the most fa vourable time that could have ben selected for making the change. Since the peace, two important statutes had been passed with reference to this subject. The first was in the year 1815, and the second in the year 1828 ; and the latter was the statute under which the trade in corn was now regu. lated. It was a remarkable circumstance, and one with which the country should be well acquainted, that the law of 1815 in troduced what was deemed, upon all hands, a new principle into the trade. It introduced, for the first time, in the lan guage of the Duke of Wellington, th e principle f prohibition, namely, that the importation of foreign corn should be abso lutely prohibited, until the averages, as recorded in the Gazette, reached SOs. per quarter, after which prohibition should cease, and a free unlimited import take place. This was the law under which the country went from 1815 to 182'), but so far from havin g answer ed th e expectat i ons of those who urged upon the Legislature its adoption, the landed and farming interest suffered exceedingly from lowness and vicissitudes of price, whilst the people, during the same period, suffered from the great elevation of prices. The agricultural interest applied to Parliament for relief; and a Committee was appointed, who recommended a change in the law. A new law was introduced in consequence of that oe f': osdalsl:o: recommendation, but, as if the course of events in matters so complicated would ever baffle the endeavours of legislators to provide for what was to happen for the future, a provision was introduced into the law which made it nugatory. The new law never once came into operation, and the country continued to suffer from the same legislation from 1815 to 1828. He alluded to this subject to show that, in caning the attention of Parliament and the country to this question, and, in recommending the Chamber to petition for a re-con sideration of this question, and for a change in the existing law, they were not assailing any of the ancient and. valuable institutions of the country, or interfering with a system which had engrafted itself in our habits and customs. He could not characterise the injurious character of the law of 1815 in terms comparable with those in which it was spoken of by one of the most distinguished statesmen of the day, now no more—the late Mr. Canning. Perfectly aware of the mistake then made, and of the injurious consequences which had ensued, in the year 1827—within a year from his death, and within a few days of his becoming Primo Minister—Mr. Canning proposed, in the name of Lord Liverpool's Government, an alteration, with the full concur rence of Lord Liverpool himself. He spoke of the operalion of the law of 1815, tien in full force in these terms :—[The Chairman then read along extract from Mr. Canning's speech in the !louse of Commons on the Ist March, 1827, in which he denounced the Corn-law of 1815 as being a futile attempt to reconcile two opposite principles.l Mr. Canning's propo sition was founded upon another change in the system--the substitution of duties for absolute prohibition ; his Bill passed the House of Commons, but it was lost in the House of Lords. Mr. Canning became Prime Minister whilst the Bill was be foreaanndd he ho a expressed iulm 0 ti hie , atindignation the close the the anotherSession,ttreatmentil the Billll oi 1 s t el uponiitaotf t received t h L i e i death occurred. The Duke of Wellington became Prime p a I r e a ll e; but in a l d the bring intorval forward his l e vin p g rin y c e i Minister, and it was under his Administration that the law passed by which the corn trade was now governed. The pro fessed principle which he must confeas was a most ip t if it merely go principle of this law was tho substitution of in taxation ort a t n o for change, and a valuable improvement : much, but beyond this it had done but little, it it had did failed, to a lamentable degree, to realise thoseT he expect ationsair- which Mr. Canning had formed of in producing prices fluctuating from 395. 4d. per quarter to 70s. and 80s., and to describe the evil effects of the variation Chair man then proceeded to show the operation j o t f . the q C n o a r r n te - r la t c o v labouringe se n p t o 70s. and 80s., and to describe the evil effects of t up objecton t the tbn pr stability of price, and ci le contended could only ensue from the adoption of the principle p the to avoid extremes of dearness and cheapness, results which . he p la u w lat n i . o a n a taondsotohnerefarmer. The avowed of commercial freedom. The effects of interference with trade in corn were not confided to home, but it was producingi most injurious consequences to our foreign relations. . We ate could not expect that foreign states should seek to cultivate with us a trade in corn vvhen the demand for it here was so small, and liable to be stopped as speedily as it sprung . up. To set them an example of the adoption of the principle of prohibition, was to encourage them to adop t a simi lar course, as t o ta ki ng our manu f actur es, upon which our prosperity depended. Our course of dealing had led to a feeling of jealousy on the part of other powerful states, and induced them to become our rivals. The merchants and manufacturers of thi s town were su ff er i n g from the operation of the Ger man l eague, which was a s y stem similar in kind, though not equal i n d egree , which our Government were putting i nto operat i on w i t h re gard to corn. They (the Germans) prot ecte d the i r home man ufactures by high duties, and we sought, b y hi gh dut i es, to pro tect the corn trade at home. The manufactures of the United States had had their origin in national feelin g Within his day, Ame rica was in no degree a manufacturing country, and we had been taught to believe it was not possible she could become one, and yet, in consequence of our engaging in war with her she was thrown upon her own resources, manufactures were established, then came legislative protection, then came high daties, and thus the masufacturing industry of America had reached a pitch which was most formidable to ourselves. On one occasion a proposition was made by the President of the he was concerned had, within the last 17 or 18 years, been reduced in value 75 per cent., or from 100 per cent. to 25. Various causes had certainly contributed to produce this great fall, but competition was the most powerful. He would ask whether the agricultural interest of the country had been fairly subjected to this competition ? Had the landed interest, instead of having to devote their energies in the way com mercial men were compelled to do, been fairly brought into the field ? There was no want of intelligence amongst them; but he did think there was a want of enterprize, and a want of calling forth those energies which they did possess in aid of that competition to which, he conceived, they ought to be subjected. He might be told that the case of commerce was not parallel to that of agriculture, perhaps it was not; he might be told, "you may multiply machines, but cannot mul tiply the number of acres of land"--this was true; but if the information he received from celebrated agriculturists was true, he could say that there were meens of making land more productive. Cases could be produced of land having been doubled and even trebled in value, and if this had been done in many instances, he conceived that the practice might be extended very largely. However, let the agri cultural interest be subjected to the same degree of com petition, or to a relative proportion, as the commercial interest, and that circumstance, he had no doubt, would materially assist in rectifying any difficulty which might for a time take place. Under these circumstances, as commercial men, he thought the Chamber had great reason to complain, and that it was high time for the legislature to give this subject the consideration which it deserved. Mr. RICHARD BIRLEY seconded the resolution. Mr. J. B. SMITH said he completely dissented from the prayer of the petition, as no inference could be drawn from it except that the Chamber approved of some sort of Corn-law. He did not know what was the meaning of the President in referring to the ancient institutions of the country when upon the subject of the Corn-laws; but he (Mr. Smith) would just state, that the whole course of legislation by the Corn-laws was the most scandalous attempt of certain legislators to serve their own purposes that was to be found in the history of any couri ot try. upassedn w e could Actconsume, of At the revolution of 1688, when En g land was an export ingntry what did our , Par liament declaring a bount y of ss. u p on ever y q uarter of corn country when we legislators grew do? more n exported, thus enabling foreign consumers to eat British They r a an bread at a less rate than Englishmen themselves And from the year 1740 to 1750 no less a sum than 1,515,0001. was paid in this way for the benefit of the landed proprietors. [A portion of this gentleman's speech has, by some accident, not reached us; but that which has goes on es follows :—] He had before him another specimen of beautiful stockings—here were two of similar quality, that of Nottingham manufacture were selling at °3s. a dozen, whilst the Saxon might be bought at Hamburg for 12s. 4id. Was net this real foreign competi tion? What were we to say of our Corn-laws when the Saxons could make articles at this amazingly low rate, and buy their yarn in the same market as the Nottin g ham manu facturers? The yarn from which these Saxon stockings were made was spun in England ; it was then sent to Hamburg; tho Saxons then ha d to traverse 700 miles, and yet it came back ma nufactured and read y to be sold at the low rate he had mentioned. After this explanation, he thought the meeting would agree with him that the Chamber ought to take a higher and more d e termined tone in their p etition to Parliament u p on the Corn laws. Mr. S mith went on at considerable len g th to enforce h i s v i ews , and to contend, from the reply of the President of the Board of Trade to a memoral from the London mer chants, proposing that the duty on British coffee should be reduced from 6i. p er lb. to 31d., and u p on foreign coffee deter mined stick is tO 3d i • per lb. to 7d., that the Government were ck by monopolies. In conclusion, he said he had, by these statements, shown that the effects of our Corn-law legislation bad been most scandalous, that it was absolutely necessary it should be entirely abolished, and that the Cham ber ought to state in the petition, that whilst they sought for the abolition of all monopolies in agriculture, they did not seek any protection upon manufactures. A ve ry long and irregular discussion followed, in which it was contended, on the part of the Directors, that as the pe tition was moderately worded, and was drawn up in the spirit of argumentative reasoning, it would be more likely to be successful than if it demanded all that was worsted, and enforced that demand by confident assertion. On the other hand it was urged that as the. Chamber, last year, had presented a strong petition, praying for an immediate abolition of the Corn-laws, and as such an event was but an act of justice to the manufacturing interests, a petition which desired less could not be adopted without compromising the judgment of the Chamber, and laying it open to the re proach that it was behind the interests that it professed to protect in knowledge and energy. The 'view of the Directors was supported by Mr. Tootal, Mr. Fletcher, the Chairman, Mr. Sanders, and several others; whilst it was opposed by Mr. Smith, Mr. Cobden (who gave a long and interesting statement of the machine-making, and spinning, and manufac turing establishments, on the Continent), Mr. Dyer, Mr. Rawson, Mr. Ashworth, Mr. E. Ashworth, and others. An amendment was moved that the meeting be adjourned till Thursday next, to afford time to amend the petition ; but after much debate it was withdrawn, on the condition that the ori ginal motion be withdrawn. This was assented to ; and ulti mately a motion was carried for the adjournment of the meet ing till next Thursday, when the subject will be again dis cussed. Mr. Toone then took the Chair, and thanks were voted to the President of the Chamber for his conduct therein. The meeting lasted from eleven o'clock till a quarter past four. Mr. M ar k Pinale, the respected Magistrate of Cowfold, a small parish in Sussex, has advanced the wages of all his married labourers two shillings a-week. NEW WORK, BY THE AUTIIOR OF " TRE curiosiPtyted NIAINE."—An unusual degree of interest and cur i o sit y has ptirtelevailed c oncern i ng the nature of Mr. Ward's new work, " Pictur es o f t h e W or ld at Home and Abroad." The especially as it referre d to the p roduction of a without in the smallest de g ree satisf y in g writer whose skill in drawing " pictures of the world"—the real and living world of society and human nature—un questionably surpasses that of any of his living rivals. There may be writers who concoct a story with more art than Mr. Ward, but none who place before us such living and breathi ng " p i c tures" of the characters and scenes he desires to represent. The very high expectations enter tained as to this new work are most fully realized. For truth of outline, force of expression, and brilliance of co louring, these " pictures" equal, at the very least, if not surpass, any that have hitherto proceeded from the same gifted and accomplished hand. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE FRANCE. The Moniteur contains a Royal ordinance, dated yesterday, which, in honour of Marshal Gerard's accession to the com mand, remits all the punishments adjudged by the Councils of Discipline of the National Guards of the Department, and suppresses all preceedings commenced previous to the promul gation of this ordinance. " The Municipal Council of the department of the Seine," says the Siecle, " yesterday set aside the demand of the Pro. curcur du Roi for a manifestation from that body to afnrd grounds for the prosecution of M. Altaroche, for an article in the Charivari, in which the grant of 20,000 f. for the funeral of Marshal Lobau was strongly criticised. The Council ex pressed great dissatisfaction at the paltry manner in which the Church of the Invalids had been decorated on the occasion of Marshal Lobau's funeral, sad intimated not only that the Government should have fulfilled its promise of contributing towards the expense of the ceremonial, but that the gallant veteran's obsequies might have been appropriately solemnized for the 20,0001. expended on them. In the course of the discussion it was stated that 1,500 f. of the money had been paid to the Clergy of the church of St. Germain l'Auxerrois, and it was added that the Archbishop of Paris had demanded 10,0001. for honouring the solemnity with his presence. Se veral of the members objected altogether to the vote of 20,0001." A quartermaster of the 4th Lancers committed a most de termined suicide a few days ago, in the general hospital at 'Fours, whilst taking a bath. Having made an ineffectual at tempt to cut the artery of each arm with a table-knife, he next stabbed himself to the heart, and previously to expiring en deavoured to divide the crural a:tery. His desperate act is attributed to the sufferings which he had long felt from a can cer in the stomach, produced, it is supposed, by an excessive indulgence in spirituous liquors. He was in other respects a man of good character, and was 47 years of age. The dignity of Marshal of France dates back as far as 1183, when Albric Clement, Seigneur of Metz, was appointed to that office, second only in rank to that of Connetable. There have been 295 Marshals of France during the 653 years that have elapsed since then until the present time. The first edition of M. Casimir Delavigne's new play, La Popularite, has been purchased, it is asserted, for 8,000 f., by M. Dolloye, the publisher. The responsible editors of the Gazette de France and Temps were yesterday summoned before the Tribunal of Correctional Police, •for having given an unfaithful account of the proceed ings in the case of the prosecution for libel recently brought by Messrs. Perier, sons of the late M. Casimir Perier, against several Journals of the capital. The Editor of the Temps was also charged with having, in his account of the case in ques tion, inserted various expressions insulting to the Crown law yers. After a long hearing the Editor of the Gazette was acquitted, but the Editor of Temps was condemned to one month's imprisonment, 2,0001. fine, and the costs of the pro ceedings. The France is facetious on the subject of M. Dupin's al leged intention to publish a pamphlet explanatory of his poli tical opinions, "which," observes this Journal, " have re mained best known to himself ever since the Revolution of 1830." The Legitimatist organ then applies to the Hon. Deputy's case an anecdote told of Talleyrand, who, when under the necessity of explaining to Louis XVIII. his parti cipation in the execution of the Duke d'Enghein, presented the King with a memorial commencing with these words— " Sire, your Majesty will learn nothing new from me,"— " and he kept his promise," says the France, " for after read ing the memori a l Louis 111. was as wise as ever. So will it be with M. Dupin's pamphlet." The following is one of the gravest instances and one of the most expressive symptoms of the power which the Government has allowed the Clergy to assume. The recital of it needs no comment. Who should have thought that after the revolution of July the Jesuits would recover the power to punish those to whom they succumbed during the restoration ? We will war rant the truth of the details we arc going to give : M. the Count de Montlosior died at Clermont- Ferrand on the Bth of this month, of an inflammation in the bowels. Be fore his death his Bishop obtained permission to see him, and did not cease to solicit from bin importunately a rehactation of his writings ; it may be easily understood, that by this ge neral proposition, worthy of good fathers, they wished spe cially to impugn the famous Memoire a Consulter. The Pre late failed . . M. de Montlosier wished to confess only ; but all the cures had been ordered not to I:sten to him before he had signed this retractation. The sick man experienced a violent crisis. That' sent for a Vicar in the absence of the Cure ; this eccle siastic was edified by the words of M. de Montlosier ; be went directly to the Bishop's house in order to signify the piety of his penitent. " Wretch," said he to him, " have you a retractation in writing? Return immediately and make him accept that which we shall give you." The Vicar, trembling, presented it to the family, who protested, and this ecclesiastic declared then that the confession was null. On hearing these unworthy words, M. de Montlosier declared that he was ready to make a declaration signed by four of his friends. They drew up the declaration, which was taken to the Bishop by the Vicar. It was rejected. This is a copy of the decla ration : _ " I declare that I never meant to write anything against the Apostolic and Roman Catholic religion, in whose bosom I wish to die. _ _ " If any doctrine opposed to its dogmas and my morals has escaped me, I repudiate them as contrary to my past and pe sent intentions." The Vicar having again presented himself bearer of this refusal, the dying man refused to see him again. "Do not talk to me any more of a declaration to insert in the news_ papers." This incredible obstinacy did not stop here; the former Bishop had excommunicated him, and the actual Bishop c-m -sequently refused him Christian burial. All Clermont is indignant. The body of M. de Montlosier is to be taken to Randanne, where he had his tomb constructed. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARis, DECEMBER 13 Five per Cents., 109 f 80c. 75c Latest Prices-109f. 85c. Four per Cents., 103 f. 50c. Throe per Cents., 79f. 50c. Vc Ditto 79f. 5Cc. Bank Actions, 2,' 933. 2,680 f. ...... Ditto 2,69 f. itente de Naples, 9jf.sie. Roman Five per Cents., 101% Spanish Actives, 10 y s Spanish Passives, 3%. Belgian Five per Cents., 100 3 4 Belgian Bank, 1,59" f. 1 30f. 1,223 f. 1,,'35f Ditto 1,300 f. H 2ytian Loan, 402 f. EICIIANGIt ON LONDON.--Onemonth, paper,25f.2714c.; moncy,2sf 25e. fl• i•pe months, paper. tlsf. ; monay. ?51. 12% , . A letter from Gaudaloupe of the 12th of October men tions that the yellow fever is still making its ravages in that island, and that three members of the Cour Royale, Messrs. Reboul, Coprcpry, and Lasserre, have fallen victims to it. SPAIN. MADRID, DEc. 6.—The following important intelligence has been just published here in an Extraordinary Supplement to the Gazette : " Major. General Don Casimiro Valdez, charged with the command of Valencia, writes as follows, on the 3d inst., to the Minister of War : " Excellent Sir—General Don Cayctano Borso di Car minati, Commander-in•Chicf of the forces in pursuit of the rebels who have invaded the Ribera, has written to me as fol lows, the night before last, from Chester— " Excellent Sir—Having made a forced march of fourteen hours, I was enabled to overtake the expeditionary forces of the enemy. From Montserrat I ordered Colonel Pezuela to advance on them with two squadrons of the 4th Regiment, commanded by him, one of the 2d Light Cavalry, and a fourth of the cavalry now organising about Valencia. " The rebels sallied forth to receive them with seven bat talions and five squadrons. Pezuela, with the first squadron of his regiment and the second light, charged them and dis persed their cavalry ; and the latter having joined the masses of the infantry, these also were attacked and dispersed, leaving 400 dead on the field, and taking 200 prisoners, among them twelve officers. In this splendid undertaking most of the booty which they had made during their expedition has fallen into my hands. Until lam able to communicate the de tailr, I send you this brief account of this most favourable ac tion, in order that through you it may reach the Government, the worthy people of Valencia, and also the Commander-in- Chief, Van Haien." Another despatch from Chiva states the capture of 800 mus kets and a portion of the booty made by the faction. Though these facts are not very fully detailed, still they are of much importance, as showing that the expedition of Ca. brera has been certainly checked. In the course of the debate in the Senate yesterday, some remarks of interest were made on the present quicksilver con tract by Senors Ochoa, Gonzalez, and Montevirgen. After noticing several instances of malversation of the public revenues, and severely commenting on the character of the servants of the Government, Senor Ochoa went on to remark on the con tract with the Baron Rothschild. "By this contract," he observed, " with the house of Rothschild, the Government should receive the advance of SO millions of reals, guaranteed by the quicksilver in hand, and the products of the mines for five years; but if he were to assert that not only were the 50 millions not received, but not even one maravedi, what would the public think? It appears indeed a paradox, but it is not so."—Morning Chronicle. _HANOVER. OFFICIAL. HANOVER, DEC, B.—To prevent the improper use of public sales, notice is hereby given— Art. 1. No person is allowed to make a public sale without a written order of the authority to which it belongs. Art. 2. A public sale, when made, must be delivered to none but the authority, &c. for which it is destined, or to its agent, producing a written appointment. Art. 3. Whoever acts contrary to the above is liable, be sides any other penalty which he may have incurred, to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or a corresponding term of impri sonment. is This notice inserted in the first division of the collection of the laws. Hanover, Dec. 1838, Department of the Interior. J. C. V. J. WESCH. His Majesty the King arrived yesterday afternoon from Rotenkerchen.—Hanover Gazette, Dec. 10. STVEDEN AND DENNIARK. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 30.—His Majesty the Kieg will set out on his journey to Norway on th e 6 t h o f nex t month, and arrive at Christiansand on the 21st, where he will probably make a long stay. On the 26th inst. there was a Chapter of the Swedish O r d er o f Knighthood, in w hi c h s everal nominations were made, among them Baron Von Heyhausen, our Charge d'Affaires in London, was made a Knight. CuPF.NHAGEN, DEC. 4.—ln the 40th sitting of the Estates at Rotskcld, Deputy Meergaurd moved " that the Government might be petitioned:to take into consideration the state of the currency in the different parts of the kingdom, and, if pos sible, to assimilate it to that of the Hanseatic cities of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg." This motion was warmly seconded by M. Tateen, but it was opposed by the Royal Commissioner, who thought it unnecessary, and added, that the Estates at Rotskeld had no right to present a petition founded on interests which chiefly concerned the duchies, and part of Jutland. The motion was negatived by a majority of 38 to 24. In the 47th, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Drew son, to present a petition, praying that Jews may be eligible to the Assembly of the Estates. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURGII, DEC. I.—All the members of the Im perial Family arc now in this capital. We hear that the Duke of Leuchtenberg will leave us to return to Munich immediately after the Emperor's fete, the 18th inst., and will be here again in the spring. „$;.. c t . 4 . 4 • ' " ,7,4 1 #.;* + x~J kr4.‘ V.; 5.14 4 . at ' COLONIAL SOCIETY. A meeting of the members of this Society took place yesterday afternoon, at their rooms, in Waterloo-place, with a view to consider the propriety of forming a Colonial Club in connection with the Society. Colonel Sir DUNCAN APDouGALL was moved into the chair. Mr. SHARPE then addressed the meeting, stating the ad vantages that might be expected from the formation of a club, not as the mere means of enjoying social comforts, but as affording an opportunity whereby those in this country who were interested in the Colonies, and Colonists themselves visiting this country, might communicate with each other. The real cbject of the meeting was to secure a place to which these classes of gentlemen might resort, and at which all of them might, more easily than elsewhere, obtain every possible information on Colonial matters. Such a body might advantageously advocate the interests of the Colonies in this country. With this view it was pro posed that the Club should be in connection with the So ciety, and that none hut members of the Society should be allowed to belong to it. Ile then moved a resolution de claring that a club be instituted, &c. Mr. MALLALIEu thought that the meeting ought to be furnished with details before agreeing to the resolution which pledged it to the formation of a club. Mr. C. CLARK enforced the same view of the matter, and suggested a resolution to the effect that the meeting declared it was desirable to form a club, and, therefore, appointed a Provisional Committee to inquire into the matter and to report to the Society on the subject. After some conversation on this suggestion, Mr. SHARPE, whose only desire was to proceed in the best possible manner to attain what he deemed to be a de sirable object, incorporated the suggestion into his reso lution, which was then carried unanimously. A Committee was appointed, votes of thanks were passed to the Honorary Secretary and the Chairman, and the Society then adjourned to the 15th of January, when it was o meet to receive the report of the Committee. GENERAL ANNUITY ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION. Yesterday the annual meeting of this Association was held at the City of London Tavern, Joseph Jackson, Esq., in the Chair, which was most numerously and respectably attended. The report read by the Secretary was most satisfactory and gratifying. It appeared that this useful Association was founded in the year 1829 by Mr. George Walter. The capital of the Association now amounts to upwards of 120,0001., and above 2,200 members. The plan of granting reversionary annuities is of a very novel description, and the large amount of the annuities now paying to the widows and orphans of the subscribers exceeds any institution of a similar nature. It was stated by the Chairman that the first class annuitants were receiving an nu.ties exceeding 800/. per annum, and whose husbands jointly had not paid more than 1,300/. to the Society. The second and third classes in nearly the same proportion. Thanks was then unanimously voted to the Chairman and arectors for their indefatigable exertions, and the meeting broke up highly gratified. ''HE NEW COLLIER REGULA- TIONS. The collier regulations just brought into operation in the port of London, unite in securing two advantages— the; free navigation of the river, and the interests of the coal-consumer. It rarely happens where there are so many conflicting interests that the public are gainers in every point of view. The immediate duty of the Port Committee is to keep open a free transit, and for accom plishing this object in the only impartial manner, they have determined to admit all colliers into the pool, to discharge their cargoes in the order in which they enter the port. Upon the old arrangements of the coal trade, it is use less to waste a breath, their mischievous operation being so well known ; but it is well for the public to be aware that the resolution to admit every collier to the privi lege of lying in the stream of the river, free of ex pense—to discharge her cargo in her turn—has laid the foundation for the overthrow of the great mono poly which has so long existed in the coal trade. Every coal-o;vner is now assured of his regular turn for deli very, and fifteen days for discharging his cargo. Formerly the coal trade was entirely in the hands of the factors, who, however ready they might be to sell upon an advance of price, never let the public reap any advantage from a dimi nution of the demand. Their list of vessels sold certified to the harbour-masters what vessels were to enter the Pool. These officers have now only one plain duty to perform— first come first served. It is astonishing that it was not discovered long ago how extremely ill-judged it was for the Corporation of London to allow their officers to become the mere tools of the factors in regulating the monopoly. It is calculated by those who look deeply into the abuses, that upon the new system it will be impossible for the com bination to exist for twelve months longer. One thing, how ever, is indispensable—the officers must strictly perform their duty. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 15.-At a congregation on 'Wednesday .ast the following degrees were conferred:— DOCTOR IN DIVINITY. Rev. George Wightman, St. John's College, and Vicar of Clare, Suffolk. DOCTOR IN PHYSIC. Thomas Palmer Parr Marsh, Caius College. MASTERS OF ARTS. Henry Browne, Trinity College. Joseph Butterworth Owen, St. John's College. Charles James Wade, Jesus College. Thomas Sharpies, Emmanuel College. BACHELOR OF ARTS. John Gurney Rogers, Jesus College. The Bishop of Hereford intends to hold his next ordination on Sunday the 20th January next, at Hereford. The Rev. R. B. Kinsman, M. A., of Trinity College, in this University, has been presented to theß ectory of Mawnau, Devonshire. Patron the Rev. Canon Rogers. The Rev. G. Holt, of St. John's College, in this University, has been presenied to the Chaplaincy of the Workhouse at Birmingham. The Rev. Richard Newlove, B. A., of Clare-hall, in this University, has been appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Harewood. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's Stag-hounds meet on Tuesday at Hayes ; Friday, at [ver Heath-11. The Brighton harriers on Monday at. Pateliam ; Wednesday, at the Race Course; Friday, at the Dyke-11. The Brookside harriers on Monday at Newmarket Hill ; Thurs day, at Telscombe Tye—half-past 10. Lord Clinton's hounds on Tuesday and Friday at the Kennel. The Duke of Buccleuch's hounds on Monday at Eilden Hall ; Tuesday, at Stitchell—half-past 10. The Inglewood hounds on Monday at Banon Wood ; Thursday, at Raughton Head—half-past 10. The Cheshire hounds on Monday at Manley Mill ; Wednesday, at Cholmondeley Castle ; Thursday, at Wrenbury ; Saturday, at the Windmill on RaYensmoor—half-past 10. The East Sussex hounds on Monday at Gason's Green ; Thurs day, at Dale Gate; Saturday, at Batton— quarter to 11. . The East Kent harriers on Monday at Ewell-street — half - p. 10 . Mr. D. R a d c liff e ' s h oun d s on Monday at Oftley Hod ; Wednes day, at B r o a d wa t er ; F r id ay, at Marshall's Wick—half-past 10. Mr. Giles's hounds on Monday at Borrow Wood ; Thursday, at Wall Hills-10. The Thanet harriers on Monday at Gore-street-10. Saturday, Little The Wynyard and Durham hounds at tamton ßradbury half-past 10. Lord Portman's Hill : Friday, The Monmouthshire liounhdosuonnds3ofonngiaoynadtayßautlbaGrrroarg. at Dingestow Wood- 10 . F •da at the Kennel—half-past 10. Sir T. Boug,_hey's hounds on Monday at Teddesley; Wednesday, at Aqualate ; Y , Mr. Meynell's hounds on Monday at Longford ; Thursday, at ' Mr. Mure s hounds on Monday at Branches Park ; Thursday, at Cation ; Saturday , at Henhurst—half- p ast 10. Davers' Arms, Bradfield — half - pas t 10. M Mr. S. Hellier's hounds on onday at Morton Bagot ; F r id ay , at Wootten Warren—half-past 10. Lord Petre's hounds on Monday at Margaretting ; Thursday, at Nossey Wood ; Saturday, at Langdon Hills—half-past 10. Sir C. Constable's stag-hounds on Monday at Preston ; Friday, at Catwick-11. Lord Yarborough's hounds on Monday at Blyborough Hall ; Wednesday, at the Kennels ; Friday, at Rothwell-1 1. The Cottesmore hounds on Monday at Empingham Old Wood ; Tuesday, at Owston ; Thursday, at Holywell—quarter to 11. Mr. Tudway's hounds on Monday at Charlton Musgrave ; Thurs day, at Butleigh Wootton. Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds on Monday at Barnwell Wold ; Wed nesday, at Thrapstone Bridge-10. Sir R. Sutton's hounds on Monday at Coddington Plantations; Tuesday, at Branston Wood ; Wednesday, at Midge Inn ; Thurs day, at y Wellingore ; Saturday, at Brattleby-11. Major-. General Wyndham's hounds on Monday at North Chapel ; Wednesday, at Thakenham Poor House ; Friday, at Wold—hf-p.lO. Mr. Farquharson's hounds on Monday at Heleomb ; Tuesday, at Buckland Wood.